Elements of Story :)

ELEMENTS OF STORY

Characters - Are the persons invoved in the story.

 how we get to know them:

1.Through the author's physical description of them
2. Their actions
3. Their words
4. Their inner thoughts
5. Through what other characters say and think about them

Plot - A pattern of events that develops from the interactions between characters.

A plot is a pattern of events in a cause and effect relationship.
1. Cause - Things that make something happen.
2. Effect - What happens because something was done.

Conflicts - The problems the characters encounter. Their conflicts can be:
1. External - conflict with others and with nature
2. Internal - conflict within themselves

Setting - Time and place of the story.It is the background of the story in relation to where it takes place or where it took place and the time when it happens or when it happened.

Theme - The meaning behind the events and the characters' actions.

 
 
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